1) We did our best (BIG FLAG THAT THERE IS A LOT LEFT TO DO!!)
2) There was not enough time
3) The camera did not work
4) There was only nonflammable old burnt on grease and carbon left (See news on the many various fires lately from the "Non-flamable" carbon starting fire include locations done by national vendor who made that statement)
5) It was too dirty to start with, we will work on it a little at a time(biggest lie in the industry) 6) One of the crew too sick to work so we only could do so much, the rest will have to wait for next cycle.
7) Equipment broke down so we could only do part. We will reschedule the rest for next cycle (OR NOT).
8) We do not have it bid(quoted) for this much time
9) The carbon is too burned onto the metal and won't come off
10) We sprayed the wok grease and got off the fire danger(Don's note to all: This style of cooking requires more work, different chemicals, and stronger equipment in normal situations that standard animal fan grease, however it does come off with a little more effort)
11) We got most of it and we don't think it is a fire danger any more(see previous posts!)
12) The previous company did not do a good job. It is better than they left it.
13) My pictures from my workers show it clean!! (Maybe get baseline pictures to know what is missing)
14) Why do we need more than 2(3,4,5- fill in the blank) pictures?
15) How clean is clean? It looks pretty good compared to before.
16) It is cleaned down to less than 2000 microns(NFPA96 states allGrease removed to less than 2 microns!)
17) We can't reach that high up
18) Our contract said to clean as far as we could reach by hand only
19) Our contract states hood cleaning, nothing about the ducts
20) There are inaccessible areas (The old get out of jail free card getting played so they don't have to actually clean anything)
21) My boss said we are not getting paid enough to clean the ductwork above the ceiling 22) It is too cold out
23) It is too hot out
24) It is raining out
25) It is snowing out
26) It is too icky in there
27) It is below freezing (note that almost all systems can be cleaned even in below zero temps with proper equipment)
28) We don't have any ladders
29) Our insurance does not cover working more that a 4' height
30) There is too much snow on the roof
31) I only get paid a percentage of the job total and this will take too long for the pay we get.
32) No hinges on the fan. (that should have been handled during the bid process)
33) There is too much water on the roof to work
34) There is too much snow on the roof to work
35) There was no power for our equipment. Followed up by "we will catch it next cycle"
36) No roof (or Mall) access from landlord. Followed up by "We will catch it next cycle"
37) One of the crew was having a baby. (Actually his wife)
38) We could not find the ductwork. (It was easily accessed above the ceiling tile grid in this case)
39) The horizontal duct leaks so we do clean duct that leaks. (Must never have heard of plastic and wet vacuums)
40) We did not have any information on our work order to clean the duct
41) Only the bottom part of the job was bid.
42) It was type 2 ductwork and we don't clean greasy type 2 ductwork that could leak. You can't make us since there are no standards for type 2 duct!
43) We can't pass security clearance.
44) Our crew quit in middle of the job. (They did send in partial pictures trying to pass the job)
45) The upper filter rails and grease troughs are not our responsibility. (I will not pass jobs with the filter rails not cleaned)
46) The store MOD signed the work order approving the job so it was good enough. (90 percent of the system was not done at this location)
47) PLEASE SEND IN YOUR BEST EXCUSES OR ONES THAT YOU HAVE HEARD!!